Hello everyone,
I was trying to take a turn in Lagos. There was no embargo sign or "no turning sign" at the middle of the road but the sign was placed where no eyes would see before the turning. I was accosted by two officials who claimed to be SARS. You all know that you would not want to offend SARS officials. One of them got into the car and was asking me how much do i have, I gave them what I had and he still tricked me into their council office where they still asked me to pay 25k in other to get my car out. I want to ask if it is constitutional, or okay for council touts and officials to arrest a traffic offenders.

To try and answer your question, the first thing you need to do is ask for a copy of the local council's By-Laws and Statutes related to traffic offences and the mode of arrest and penalty(ies).

A major consideration here is if the road is a trunk A, B or C. If your arrest was on a trunk C road, it is totally within the jurisdiction of the LC. However, even the Touts/officials mobilized for this assignment are smart and know that you can argue your way out of the arrest so they first pretend they want to let you go by collecting money from you. That act, unfortunately, is a further trap as the tout will report that you bribed him at the point of arrest and present the money as evidence. I can bet the arresting official collected your money and told you to drive to a location from the scene of the crime so his superior won't know he's taking bribe. Alas, the location is right in front of the council office. No way to fight!

So how do i know this? It happened to a friend and it wasn't funny. After dragging with them, he paid 4k to get his car out but not before they had deflated his tires.

Bankowner:
To try and answer your question, the first thing you need to do is ask for a copy of the local council's By-Laws and Statutes related to traffic offences and the mode of arrest and penalty(ies).

A major consideration here is if the road is a trunk A, B or C. If your arrest was on a trunk C road, it is totally within the jurisdiction of the LC. However, even the Touts/officials mobilized for this assignment are smart and know that you can argue your way out of the arrest so they first pretend they want to let you go by collecting money from you. That act, unfortunately, is a further trap as the tout will report that you bribed him at the point of arrest and present the money as evidence. I can bet the arresting official collected your money and told you to drive to a location from the scene of the crime so his superior won't know he's taking bribe. Alas, the location is right in front of the council office. No way to fight!

So how do i know this? It happened to a friend and it wasn't funny. After dragging with them, he paid 4k to get his car out but not before they had deflated his tires.

You are totally right. I paid 1k5 and yet he still tricked me to the office where he seized my car key. But unfortunately for the boss who wrote 25k ticket for me, I didnt pay a dine because I called a police boss for them.